Glove-fastening



(No Model.)

, W. S. RICHARDSON.

GLOVE FASTBNING.

' No. 390,400.- v Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

NITED STATESA PATENT freinet y WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON, OF BOSTON," MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOYTHE BALL AND SOCKET FASTENER COMPANY, OF NASHUA, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

GLOVEFASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,400, dated October 2, 1888.

Serial No. 267,719. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Rini-IARD- soN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United 5 States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Gloves and other Artic1es,of which the following is a full,clcar, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of ro this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to a fastening for gloves and other articles,comprising two members, one of which is a ball, stud, or post, and the other of which is a ball, stud,or post I5 grasping or holding device; and it refers particularly to the construction of the latter member.

In the drawings, Figures l and 2 are views of the collet in plan and sectiom Figs. 3 and 2o 4 illustrate the upper piece or section of the fastening, which forms its top and also as integral with it, the jaws for holding the ball, stud, or post member. Figs. 5 and 6 relate to the washer for attaching the collet-section 25 of the fastening tothe material. Figs. 7 and 8 show the ball member of the fastening. Fig. 9 is a view in section of the fastening secured to the material. Fig. l0 represents it in engagement with the ball member, and Fig.

3o 1l is a section illustrating a slight'modilication.

A represents the ball, post, or stud member, and A the other member, t-he hall, stud, or post grasping device. This consists of a sec- 3 5 tion or part, a, preferably formed from a blank of the shape represented in Fig. 4t, and having the wide annular section a', the downward or inward extending section and a slit, a, preferably extending from the edge a .to of the inner section to the outer edge of the piece. The piece is made of sufficient size to provide a flange or edge, a5, which is turned or folded over the edge of the collet b. The

collet has the central hole, b', which receives 4.5 theinward-extending section, a?, and which is of a size to receive the end of the fasteningeyelet c, the said eyelet having the liange o and the extension c2 slightly larger than the lower end of the section c2 of the upper piece, a, and which extends through the hole of' the 5o collet between it and the outer edge of the section a2, and is turned or upset upon the said section so as to form a flange which extends into the cavity between the inner surface of' the collet and the under surface of the piece a. 5 5 (See Fig. 9.) Of' course, instead of turning the flange ai of the piece a over the edge of the collet, the parts may be so shaped that the edge of the collet may be turned upon the edge of the piece a, as represented in Fig. 1l. 6o

To apply the fastening, a hole is formed in the material, the collet with the piece c attached thereto placed over it,and the flanged eyelet inserted from the other side of the maA terial and its end caused to enter the hole of 65 the collet and to be upset, as above specified.

Vhile I have described the collet and piece L as secured to the material by the flanged eyelet, I would not be understood as confining myself to such method of .fastening it, as any 7o mechanical equivalent for the flanged eyelet may be employed. The piece a may be shaped to have any desired configuration.

In use the ball, post, or stud is moved through the hole in the eyelet to engage the 75 holding edge or section of the piece c, and its upper end projects slightly above the surface of the piece a.

In my patent,No. 382,905, I have described a fastening comprising a cap, a flanged slit 8o eyelet separate from the cap, and a collet, the fianged slit eyelet being secured between the collet and cap or a stay ninterposed bctween the upper surface of the cap and the flange of t-he eyelet, and the fastening as thus S5 made is secured to the material by a flanged eyelet. In my present invention the part which may be called the equivalent of the slit eyelet is secured directly to a collet, thereby dispensing with the cap and stay-piece, as go well as providing a new form or finish to the member, the upper surface of the fastening when the two parts are together showing the upper end of the ball and an ornamental annular plate or flange about it.

Having thus fully described my inventioml.

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of is secured, and the angod eyelet the inneil the United Statesedge of which extends between tbe collet and In a fastening for gloves and other articles,

the piece a', as and for the purposes described. the combination of the piece a', having the VILLIAM S. RICHARDSON. 5 inward-extending section, a2, and one or more In presence 0`- slits extending from the inner edge, a, of said F. F.y RAYMOND, 2d, section, with :t collet, b, to which said piece a E. l. SMALL. 

